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anthonyrivera87 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the machine does lose its energy after a long period of time, but this machine is the closest thing to a perpetual machine we will ever see
frithwks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
An absolutely beautiful piece of art and engineering.
pattrow1992 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
your all to fucking smart
timmy334 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree. Making it a vacuum would increase the life of it considerably. If you remove the air friction, that's one less factor working against it. Also, that would remove the sound. That is energy being lost. So, that would actually solve two factors. Now if you could get rid of that pesky surface friction...
LukeSkyscraper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No, it's not a closed system :) but for the purposes of my explanation it could be considered one. There's friction between the ball and the rails, between the ball and any air present, there's sound waves being given off, I dare say even temperature variations will have an effect (clock pendulums are often designed to compensate for temperature variation to maintain length) all manner of things could be having minute but significant effects over time.
DragonMasterMarf (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are no truly closed systems except for the universe itself (maybe not even that).There is bound to be heat radiation from friction. We can hear sound waves. There is energy being lost, and you can't create energy from nothing, and because of this it will come to a stop.
ckyfan8291 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
all it is is a magnetic track that pulls the ball forward, uses a timing mech., not perp. motion...
reconditas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
mutuo perpetúo é impossivel, em algum momento essa bola vai parar ,que se pode fazer é, prolongar o tempo que a bola fica girando .
heyhonobodyhome (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its not perpetual, nothing is, but its still pretty cool, especially if it really has been going on for monthsif they haven't already, i bet making that container a vacuum would help alot, even though it would be hard
dablackdon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I love the innovation and the idea of free energy (perpetual motion) machines. So cool! I actually used to practice solving these free energy puzzles as a kid. ;-) |
